As requested by Council at several recent planning public meetings (410 Clair and 3 Watson) attached is an updated map of potential sites for religious establishments in the City of Guelph along with a spreadsheet containing additional information about the sites.
Please note that the mapping does not reflect “
all” sites in the City zoned for a religious establishment. For example, all schools sites in the City zoned I.1 are also zoned for a religious establishment, but these sites have not all been included on the map, as the majority of these sites contain viable school uses where it is not likely that the school will close or convert to a new use in the near term. School sites, however, that are vacant or where there is knowledge of a pending or future disposition have been included (e.g. vacant site on Stephanie Drive, College Avenue school and former Brock Road school on Gordon Street). Similarly, all of the sites in the Downtown core are zoned and most of the commercial centres in the City would also allow for a religious use. These have not been mapped as there are difficulties in assembling these properties for a religious use, although from time to time a smaller congregation will lease space in a commercial plaza for this purpose.What the map does provide are a listing of sites that are either vacant or which could be converted easily to a religious establishment in the near term. Staff